Flat-iron cooler.



H. SCHWARTZ.

PLAT IRON COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1913.

1,085,094, Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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FLAT IRON COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1913 1,085,094. Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

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FLAT-IRON COOLER.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY SCHWARTZ, a subject of the Czar of Russia, residing at \Vashington, in the District of Columbia, United States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Coolers, whereof the following is a specification.

Flatirons are often overheatedto a scorching temperature and have to be cooled before use to avoid damage to the cloth or garments to be pressed.

The object of this invention is to provide a cooling device adapted for tailors or domestic use which will secure a quick cooling of the fiatiron without loss of time or injury to the operator.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of this flatiron cooler in normal position for receiving the fiaiiron, parts being broken out for better illustration. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of a fragment of the cooling tank and a flatiron submerger hinged thereto in receiving position. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section of the cooling tank and the submerger in cooling position, showing in full lines the position which submerges the handle of the fiatiron and in dotted lines the position which submerges the whole body thereof in the cooling liquid. Fig. 4 represents a transverse section of the submerger on line 44 of Fig. 1.

The same reference numbers indicate corresponding parts in the different figures, round numbers being used for the principal elements and intermediate numbers for subordinate features thereof.

This apparatus comprises a water cooling means and a fiatiron support adapted to hold a fiatiron during contact therewith of the cooling water of the water cooling means.

In the embodiment herein shown the water cooling means is in the form of a cooling tank 10 for containing water or other cooling liquid 15. The tank 10 may be of any ordinary construction adapted for the purpose and it is preferably constructed of stiff sheet metal and made open at the top. The upper edge of the tank has a tubular bead 11 formed by an outturning of the upper edge of the tank, said bead being reinforced by a heavy bead wire 12. The tank is provided on one side at its upper edge with a slot 13 formed by cutting outa small section of the head 11 and a portion Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1913.

Patented Jan. 2%, 1914.

Serial No. 752,418.

of the material immediately below it. The bead rod 12 is exposed at the top of the slotand forms a pintle to which the fiatiron support is hinged. The tank is preferably provided on opposite sides with handles 16.

The fiatiron support used in connection with the water cooling means is preferably a suspension support, preferably reversible and preferably adjustable to hold more or less of the fiatiron in position for contact of the cooling liquid.

In the embodiment shown the fiatiron support is in the form of a suspension sub merging supportadapted to readily receive, dip and hold the fiatiron in the cooling liquid in the tank, preferably in such manner that either the handle only or the whole body of the flatiron may be submerged in the cooling liquid. This suspension support comprises an endwise reversible swinging arm 20 having at its outer end a depressed horizontal handle 21 and at its inner end a hinge member 22, the latter being adapted to engage the pintle of the tank 10. This hinge member is preferably formed by a recess in the body of the arm and a separable plate 23 secured thereto by means of av clamp 24. The arm 20 is provided with a longitudinal vertical slot 25. A leg 26 preferably corresponding with the height of the tank, is integrally or otherwise connected with the arm 20 at the outer portion thereof. This leg is provided with a bolt hole 27 about its mid-length.

A lever 30 is pivoted to the leg 26 by any suitable means, such as a bolt 28 which passes through the bolt hole 27. This lever is provided at its outer end with a raised handle 31 which extends parallel with the handle 21 of the arm 20 and is in contact with or closely adjacent thereto in the normal position of the handles. This lever 30 has a bolt hole 32 at its inner end. This lever is preferably composed of two plates or strips of iron swaged together at their outer portions to form the raised handle 31 and disposed apart side by side along their inner portions forming a slot 34 be tween them. The leg 26 extends through this slot 34.

A tapering skeleton cage 40 open at its larger end is adapted to receive a flatiron and has an open slot 41 along its top through which the handle of the flatiron projects. This skeleton cage when constructed as shown comprises a longitudinal bottom bar 42 having a stop 43 at its front end against which the toe of the flatiron rests and a beveled rear end 44 which facilitates the insertion of the flatiron. This cage is provided on its under side with a dependent shank 415 integrally or otherwise rigidly connected to the bottom bar 42 and having a bolt hole 16 at its lower end. The bolt 38 passing through the holes 32 and 16 serves as a pivotal connection for the lever 30 and shank 45. The shank 15 plays through the slot 25 of the arm 20 which thus constitutes a guide for the cage.

In the use of this device when a flatiron is to be cooled, the hinged submerging fiatiron support is swung into outward position as shown in Fig. 1 and the fiatiron 50, which is indicated in dash and dot lines, is thrust forward into the fiatiron cage 40. Then said support is grasped at the duplex handle formed by the part 21 of the arm 20 and the part 31 of the lever 30 and swung over the tank into the reverse position shown in Fig. 3, the outer end of the arm 20 resting on the edge of the tank opposite the hinge side thereof. If the fiatiron is only moderately overheated, the hand holds the two handles aforesaid together and the handle 51 only of the flatiron is immersed in the liquid 15 as indicated in the upper dotted lines in Fig. 3. The flat-iron support is then almost immediately swung back into outward position and the cooling efiect of the liquid in the tank and evaporation from the handle is suificient to reduce the heat of the iron to its proper temperature. In case the flatiron is much overheated, after swinging the fiatiron holder into the full line position of Fig. 3, the thumb of the user releases the handle 31 of the lever 30 and the weight of the fiatiron swings said lever 30 into its dotted line position of Fig. 3 and permits the flatiron to be completely submerged in the cooling liquid 15 as indicated by the lower dotted lines of said figure. Any intermediate degree of submergence may be accomplished by holding the lever 30 at a position between its full and dotted line positions.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific cooling means shown nor to the specific fiatiron support herein shown nor to water as a cooling liquid as any equivalents of these elements may be employed and the claims are to be construed accordingly. 1

I claim as my invention:

1. A flatiron cooler for the cooling of an overheated fiatiron comprising a tank for containing a cooling liquid, an arm hinged to one side of said tank and adapted to swing outward therefrom to receive and deliver the fiatiron and inward spanning the top of said tank for cooling said flatiron, a flatiron cage connected with said arm and adapted to hold a flatiron upright when said arm is in outward position and reversed within said tank when said arm is spanning the tank, and means for raising and lowering said cage within said tank.

2. The combination of a cooling tank for containing a cooling liquid, an arm hinged thereto, a fiatiron cage supported on said arm and reversible thereby, and means for moving said cage from and toward said arm to raise and lower it within said tank.

3. The combination of a cooling tank for containing a cooling liquid, an arm hinged thereto and provided with a slot and with a supporting leg, a flatiron cage supported on said arm and provided with a dependent shank playing through said slot and a lever pivoted to said leg and having a pivotal connection with said shank.

4:. The combination of a cooling tank for containing a cooling liquid, an arm hinged thereto and provided with a slot and with a supporting leg, a flatiron cage supported on said arm and provided with a dependent shank playing through said slot, and a lever pivoted to said leg and having a pivotal connection with said shank, the outer ends of said arm and lever forming a duplex handle.

5. A fiatiron cooler for the cooling of an overheated fiatiron comprising a tank for containing a cooling liquid, an arm hinged at one end and free at the other and adapted to swing into reverse position, a flatiron cage connected with said arm and adapted to receive a flatiron upright when said arm is at one position and reversed within said tank when said arm is in the other position, and means for moving said cage from and toward said arm to lift and lower it within said tank.

6. A flatiron cooler for the cooling of an overheated fiatiron comprising a tank for containing a cooling liquid, an endwise-reversible swinging arm having at one end a hinged connection with said tank and being adapted to swing outward therefrom to receive and to deliver the fiatiron and inward over the liquid in said tank for cooling said fiatiron, said arm being provided near its free end with a leg which serves as an auX- iliary support for said arm in its outward position, and a fiatiron cage connected with said arm and adapted to hold the fiatiron upright outside said tank when said arm is swung into outward position and to suspend the flatiron reversed in contact with the liquid within the tank when said arm is swung into operative position over said liquid.

HARRY SCHWARTZ.

WVitnesses:

F. C. SoMns, MARY Y. BROOKS.

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